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Like some of these suggestions, I will add for electronica acts anyway, Aphex Twin, Jon Hopkins, Four Tet, The Prodigy. Rock: The Horslips, Stone Roses, Jesus & the Mary Chain, Slowdive, Little Dragon (although they would fit in the electronica section too).

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Depeche Mode tour ends in July, final date is 25th July according to their website so I guess that’s them out!

Pixies strong rumour for Reading and Leeds the weekend before so I could see them playing, I’d say QOTSA are a good shout, Chic doing the rounds again and they’ve done it twice before. TBH I’m struggling to think who could play....hopefully David Byrne if he’s still around in Europe at the time, maybe Tears For Fears for the ‘retro but still relevant(ish)’ slot?

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Depeche Mode tour ends in July, final date is 25th July according to their website so I guess that’s them out!

Pixies strong rumour for Reading and Leeds the weekend before so I could see them playing, I’d say QOTSA are a good shout, Chic doing the rounds again and they’ve done it twice before. TBH I’m struggling to think who could play....hopefully David Byrne if he’s still around in Europe at the time, maybe Tears For Fears for the ‘retro but still relevant(ish)’ slot?

The David Byrne/St Vincent set from 2013 looked incredible, wish I went that year

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I think if QOTSA play they will headline the main stage, I'd say they are a strong possibility. Would love to see Depeche Mode. Kendrick Lamar possibly if he is playing festivals towards the end of the summer? Although there is not a chance we will get three headliners who are as popular as the three of those acts mentioned, one of that size maximum and then probably two smaller.

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So both Festival No 6 in Wales and Electric Fields in Scotland, both around the same time as EP, have announced their initial lineups today and it's likely we could get a few of those acts turning up in Stradbally.

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So both Festival No 6 in Wales and Electric Fields in Scotland, both around the same time as EP, have announced their initial lineups today and it's likely we could get a few of those acts turning up in Stradbally.

The End of the Road festival is also held the same weekend and in previous years many of the acts have also been at Stradbally. They've made their first announcement and there's lots there I'd like to see on the EP bill too - St Vincent, Feist, Vampire Weekend, Gruff Rhys, Yo La Tengo, John Cale, Julia Holter, This Is The Kit, The Oh Sees and Hookworms.

I noticed that Van Morrison, The Waterboys and Hothouse Flowers are playing a show in England on Friday 31st and wondered if they may be booked for the Sunday. Not particularly my cup of tea but a possibility, perhaps.

Not optimistic that Depeche Mode will appear but for a headliner, EP must surely book Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds as they're headlining a lot of other festivals this summer. Looking at who else is touring, my wish list would include First Aid Kit, Goldfrapp, David Byrne, LCD Soundsystem, Wolf Alice, Lykke Li, Courtney Barnett, Chvrches, Thundercat, Sparks, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Mogwai, Wolf Alice, Little Dragon, Tuneyards, Susanne Sundfor, Orbital and The Flaming Lips.

I'm not particularly optimistic though. The line-ups for the past two Picnics have been disappointing and they've notably failed to book some great artists who were playing the festival circuit - the likes of PJ Harvey, for example.

We'll see what happens. Perhaps we'll get an announcement next week. Perhaps, like last year, we'll have to wait until the end of March.